CONVERGENCE 2012
May 4, 2012
Hilton Anatole Hotel
Dallas, TX



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  Stemmons Carpenter Grand  A Grand  B Grand  D Grand  E
Time
8:00am - 8:50am Washington Update - The Tax Legislative Outlook for 2012 and Beyond
Mel Schwarz
Fraud Detection - A Practical Approach for the CPA
Courtenay M.
Thompson, Jr.
What's New in Washington With Exempt Organizations
Douglas N. Varley
Revenue Recognition Update
Lisa Acosta
State Taxation of Multijurisdictional Companies
David E. Cowling
Fredrick J. Nicely
Social Media Mania: Rewards and Risk Mitigation
Alton Adams
H. John Hair
9:00am - 9:50am Key Tax Issues For Large Business
Karen Anderson Emerick
Russ Hamilton
David Northcut
Steve Schoonmaker
No Handouts Available
Overlooked Tax Savings: Everyday Corporate Actions to Reduce Your Company's Tax Liability - Utilizing Local, State and Federal Tax Credit Programs
Steven Carter
Royce Poinsett
Jubal Smith
Corporate Governance for Nonprofits - Policies, Conflicts, and Duties
Tyree Collier
Shannon G. Guthrie
Cynthia Nunn
Susan Staricka
Update on the Most Dominant State and Local Tax in Texas -
Property Tax

John Brusniak, Jr.
George Scott Christian
Steven D. Moore
W. Kenneth Nolan
Healthcare Benefits and Implications for Employers
Dr. Scott Lichtenberger
No Handouts Available
FASB Update:
Where Do We Go
From Here?

Kevin P. Catalano
10:10am - 11:00am Estate Planning Forecast for 2012 and Beyond: Clear…and Foggy
Michael J. Baldwin
R. Thomas Groves, Jr.
Sam K. Hildebrand
The Texas Comptroller's Office: Current Areas of Interest for Audit and Investigations
David E. Colmenero
Tony Luna
Denise Stewart
Audit and Tax Reporting Requirements for Nonprofits - How Are They Different?
Neely Duncan
Ira L. Nevelow
Cloud Computing Introduction and Risk Management
Ganesh Ramaswamy
Audit Committee Issues
Ed Crater
Ray Hemmig
Renee J. Hornbaker
Dr. Constantine Konstans
Globalizing Performance Management in an Uncertain World
David Axson
11:10am - 12:00pm State Tax Legislative Panel
Sen. Florence Shapiro
Rep. Dan Branch
Rep. Harvey Hilderbran
Rep. John Otto
Rep. Jim Pitts
Dale Craymer
No Handouts Available
Retirement Planning for the Corporate Executive
Todd Baldwin
Barbara J. Raasch
Charles N. Sharpe
Financial Statements That Really Communicate
Nancy E. Shelmon
An Update on
Fair Value Measurement
and Financial Reporting

Charles Adams
Shishir R. Khetan
CFO Roundtable
Sharon Ellis
Kendall H. Helfenbein
Marie N. Hollein
Laura Wright
No Handouts Available
How Accounting & Regulatory Changes Are Impacting Investment Companies
Lynne B. Alpar
Mark Fordyce
Thomas J. Wagner
No Handouts Available
12:00pm - 1:30pm Meadows Collier Reed Cousins Crouch & Ungerman Luncheon Keynote Speaker - U.S. Senator John Cornyn
 
       
           
2:00pm - 2:50pm  From CFO to CEO
Stephen Konstans
Sondra Lehman
Gary Martin
Stu Schlackman
Mark Sinclair
Navigating the Tax and Accounting Gaps in M&A Reporting
Dave Klein
Jay Meldrum
Jason Waldie
Nonprofit Issues: A National Nonprofit Perspective
Sam Cheng
Lista B. Hightower
Amy Martin
T. Charles Pierson
Cyndi Roberts
No Handouts Available
IFRS - Perspectives on the Global Outlook of IFRS Adoption: Strategic and Tactical Considerations for Company Executives and Public Accounting Professionals
Hassan Damerji
Miguel Figueroa
Tom Sweet
No Handouts Available
The SEC Enforcement Process and Current Developments in
SEC Enforcement

Jennifer D. Brandt
David B. Dyer
Alex Frutos
David R. King
Jessica B. Magee
No Handouts Available
What Keeps a Tax Director Up at Night?
J. Mitchell Frank
Craig Johnson
Katrina H. Welch
3:00pm - 3:50pm Tax Update for
Partnerships and LLCs

C. Clinton Davis, Jr.
Maximizing Incentives for Real Estate Development
Jim Laubinger
David McDonald
Avoiding Land Mines - Risk Management Issues Facing Nonprofits
Bennett M. Cepak
Wyatt L. Davis
Rochelle Mercier
Bill Sims
Calvin Webb II
No Handouts Available
Accounting for
Income Taxes

Dr. Wayne Shaw
Accounting
Standards Update

Jeff Slate
Taking Your Company to the Next Level and Finding the Capital to Make It Happen
Chet Bhakta
Steve Moiles
Joseph Pitch
Rick Rodman
4:10pm - 5:00pm Employment Law Update: Changes in the Law and Trends in ADAAA, FMLA and Discrimination
Alyson C. Brown
Bryan C. Collins
Marriage & Divorce, Preparing for Rough Seas During Smooth Sailing
Jon P. Karp
Autumn V. Kraus
William M. Reppeto III
No Handouts Available
Recognizing and Avoiding Self-Dealing Under Section 4941: Both Direct and Indirect
Terri Lynn Helge
Darren B. Moore
Accounting for Intangibles
Sam Loughry
Dan Peckham
From Both Sides of the Table: Analyzing the IRS' New Worker Classification Settlement Initiative
Anita F. Bartels
Anthony Daddino
The Top 10 Questions a CFO Should Ask About Enterprise Risk Management
JT Fisher
Jeff Fritts
Todd Hickerson
Valerie Wolbrueck
             
Accounting & Auditing Strategy Nonprofit        
Estates Tax Technology        
State Taxation